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NBC News:
'It's very possible': Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents — Discussing his guilty verdict, Trump said his opponents were going down a “terrible path.” — Fresh off last week's historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday.
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Axios, Washington Post, Newsmax, Raw Story, Mock Paper Scissors, New Republic, USA Today and CNN
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New York Times:
The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
The G.O.P. Push for Post-Verdict Payback: ‘Fight Fire With Fire’
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Raw Story and New Jersey Online
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Why Trump's rhetoric about imprisoning his political foes matters
Why Trump's rhetoric about imprisoning his political foes matters
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Digby's Hullabaloo and Washington Post
NBC News:
Trump's VP search accelerates — Prospective running mates have received vetting materials as the race for the No. 2 spot on Trump's ticket narrows to three or four candidates, sources tell NBC News. — Donald Trump's search for a running mate is intensifying, as the former president awaits sentencing …
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Washington Examiner and The Guardian
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: MAGA's jail plan … Nowhere would that be truer than at the Justice Department, which Trump wants to make his fief and retribution arm. — Bannon told us Bragg could be targeted using the 14th Amendment (equal protection) and Fourth Amendment (outlawing unreasonable searches …
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New Republic, Vanity Fair, Twitchy, The Guardian and Raw Story
CNN:
Judge Cannon expands hearing on Trump's request to declare special counsel's appointment invalid — Judge Aileen Cannon is planning on holding a sprawling hearing on Donald Trump's request to declare Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel invalid, signaling the judge could be more willing …
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HuffPost, Raw Story, New Republic, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider
Brakkton Booker / Politico:
Byron Donalds expresses nostalgia for the Jim Crow era, when ‘the Black family was together’ — The Trump surrogate's comments, made during a Black voter outreach event in Philadelphia, sparked outrage from Democrats. — PHILADELPHIA — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested that Black families …
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New York Times, Raw Story, Mediaite, Democrats and NOTUS
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War — Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs ordered the operation, which used fake social media accounts urging U.S. lawmakers to fund Israel's military, according to officials and documents about the effort.
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Haaretz, New Republic, The Verge, The Times of Israel, Working Class Solidarity, Middle East Monitor and USA Today
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: Senate Dem campaigns ready abortion rights blitz … - Campaigns in all battleground states will partake, a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aide told Axios. — The blitz will include paid advertising from the DSCC, events hosted by campaigns and local organizations, and social media activity.
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New York Daily News, Alaska Public Media, STAT and New York Times
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NOTUS:
It's Not an Accident That So Many GOP Senate Candidates Are Rich
It's Not an Accident That So Many GOP Senate Candidates Are Rich
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NPR, Politico, New York Times and Washington Examiner
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message
Scoop: GOP campaign arm's birth control message
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USA Today, The Guardian, Raw Story, ABC News and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping — Participants in meetings said the 81-year-old president performed poorly at times. The White House said Biden is sharp and his critics are playing partisan politics. — WASHINGTON—When President Biden met with congressional leaders …
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
NY's Dem governor indefinitely halts congestion pricing plan, putting party over climate — Democrats reportedly concerned about how New York congestion pricing plan could hurt the party in November elections — Join Fox News for access to this content — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul …
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Brendan Cole / Newsweek:
Russia's Gas Giant Reports Costly Impact of Putin's War — The gas giant Gazprom, which has been an engine of Russia's economy, will pay a decadelong price for Russian leader — 's invasion of Ukraine. — The U.K. newspaper Financial Times reported Wednesday that it had seen research commissioned …
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Financial Times, Quartz and Twin Cities
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The facts about Biden's new immigration policy — On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced executive actions that would impose sweeping changes to how the nation treats asylum seekers. Anyone who attempts to cross the border outside of a designated port of entry will be considered presumptively ineligible …
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Newsweek, Breitbart, Boston Herald, New Republic, Religion News Service, WHNT-TV, Fox News, The Daily Signal, Roll Call, Santa Cruz Sentinel, UPI, Reason, Mediaite and The White House
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The White House:
A Proclamation on Securing the Border
A Proclamation on Securing the Border
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The Daily Signal, Alabama Reflector, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, Department of Homeland …, WOLA, Reason, Washington Examiner, Power Line, New York Times, The Hill, OutsideTheBeltway, The Daily Caller, CBS News, ACLU, Breitbart, National Review, Defense One, South Dakota Searchlight, Los Angeles Times and RedState
Politico:
Suddenly Trump's got nothing to say about Hunter Biden — It's a surprise given how the former president previously attacked him. — After years of using Hunter Biden's legal and personal dramas to bash his father, former President Donald Trump and his campaign have been largely silent …
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Raw Story, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, Fox News, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post
NBC News:
Donald Trump to attend private meeting with Business Roundtable weeks after conviction — President Joe Biden was also invited but will be on a foreign trip at the time, so the White House chief of staff is addressing the group in his place. — Former President Donald Trump will attend …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes Guffaws At Matt Gaetz's ‘Law’ Defense Of Trump — The cable news channel has been yukking it up lately at Republican antics. — LOADING — MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Tuesday nearly busted a gut laughing at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for his declaration that he loves the law and has given his life for it.
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Mediaite, Above the Law and IJR
Andrea Bernstein / ProPublica:
What Donald Trump's Criminal Trial Reveals About a Potential Second Trump Administration — The picture that emerged in the New York courtroom was of a person on top of details, aware of what his team is doing. Along with outside events, it suggests Trump will be even less constricted by rules and norms than he was before.
Associated Press:
Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon — The Lebanese army said Wednesday a gunman attempted to attack the U.S. embassy near Beirut. The Lebanese military in a statement said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national.
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Lauren Weber / Washington Post:
Conservative attacks on birth control could threaten access — Far-right conservatives are sowing misinformation that inaccurately characterizes IUDs, emergency contraception, even birth-control pills as causing abortions — Republican lawmakers in Missouri blocked a bill to widen access …
Milan Singh / Slow Boring:
Most young people aren't liberals — We have the same concerns as the rest of the electorate … Joe Biden is losing ground with young voters. — In 2020, Biden won 60% of voters aged 18-29, compared to 37% for Trump and 3% for third parties, according to figures from Catalist.
Politico:
Playbook: Inside Dems' Bibi breach — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — IN MEMORIAM — Ben White, a longtime POLITICO reporter and Morning Money author who also worked for CNBC, the NYT, the FT, WaPo and The Messenger, died Saturday at 52 …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Alarming Report Warns Of 'Greatest Threat To American Democracy You've Never Heard Of' — An annual report from the Southern Poverty Law Center describes a burgeoning new form of Christian supremacy sweeping the country. — A growing Christian supremacist movement that labels its perceived enemies as …
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Social Justice In America, Southern Poverty Law Center and Raw Story
emptywheel:
Gaps and Forms: Hunter Biden's Defense — The first day of the Hunter Biden trial revealed a lot about gaps in the prosecution's case and Abbe Lowell's plan to mount a defense. — As this post will show, it will be easier for prosecutors to prove Count 3, Possession of a Firearm by a Drug User …